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Poem by Thomas Urquhart


Epigrams. The Third Booke. № 3. We ought always to thinke upon what we are to say, before we utter any thing; the speeches and talk of solid wits, being still pre∣meditated, and never using to forerunne the mind


OUr tongu's the hearts interpreter, and still
In wise discourse hath but the second place
The heart should end, ere th'tongue begin; for while
The Legate speakes, the Truch-man holdes his peace.
Which order being inverted, we abuse
The hearers patience: and our selves confuse.



Thomas Urquhart


Thomas Urquhart's other poems:
  1. Epigrams. The First Booke. № 27. Of Lust, and Anger
  2. Epigrams. The First Booke. № 33. The onely true progresse to a blessed life
  3. Epigrams. The Second Booke. № 24. No man should glory too much in the flourishing verdure of his Youth
  4. Epigrams. The Third Booke. № 19. The Parallel of Nature, and For∣tune
  5. Epigrams. The First Booke. № 23. A counsell not to vse severity, where gentle dealing may prevaile


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